Drillers hit water main

Posted on June 10, 2015

Crews preparing for a state resurfacing project on U.S. 27 in Perry struck a city water main on Friday, June 5, damaging the roadway and closing one of the city’s busiest intersections for most of the day.

According to City Manager Bob Brown, a subcontractor for the company conducting the work on behalf of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) bored into a 12-inch water main near the intersection of Jefferson Street and U.S. 27 Friday morning.

PHOTO: Crews preparing for a state resurfacing project on U.S. 27 in Perry damaged a city water main Friday morning (June 5), forcing officials to re-route traffic around the intersection of Jefferson Street and U.S. 27 for most of the day. The intersection was closed from around 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., when the roadway was repaired to allow traffic through the area once more.

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